The Coming General Catalogue

Dean Emerson, who has had in charge the preparation of the decennial General Catalogue of the College for 1910, announces that the work is now ready for the printer, and that he hopes to have copies ready for distribution by Commencement. This Catalogue will be not only the largest but the most completely accurate which has yet been published. The response from the alumni from whom, data has been sought has been unusually good, 2800 out of 4000 naving filled out and returned the blanks sent out to them. Data concerning most of the others has been obtained through application to class secretaries, who form an unusually efficient body. The interest of the alumni is further well shown in the fact that some 2000 orders for the Catalogue have already been filed.

The new General Catalogue will have nearly 800 pages as against 492 in the edition of 1900. It will give date, and place of birth, the degrees, honors, occupations, and residences of all graduates of the College and, in the case of those who have died, date and place of death. The historical sketch, usual to the Catalogue, will be amplified to include a resume of the administration of President Tucker; while the appearance of the College and its growth in buildings will be shown by illustrations.

Another feature of interest will be the publication of as complete a list as possible of non-graduates of Dartmouth. Some of the most loyal Dartmouth men are those who never graduated, and it seems fitting that their names should be recorded. A valuable index which the book will contain is that of the alumni listed according to geographical distribution, which will be so arranged as to provide a sort of business directory. The printing is done by the Rumford Press at Concord, N. H.